The New Zealand bush, unlike Australia’s, was thick forest. It was usually dark and shady, and even to build a hut, trees had to be felled to provide light and some clear ground. This painting by Charles Blomfield is probably from the 1880s, and shows a Coromandel gold miner outside his hut.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
G-375
Oil painting by Charles Blomfield
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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